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Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I do not want to take up Deputy O'Connell's time but somebody should come back to this committee with the name of the person who told that to the State Claims Agency because that was not true.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: That is my understanding.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: In fairness, he did not want to name the person.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: It was my understanding it was somebody in this room but we will await-----

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: It was not the HSE's understanding and it was not the Department of Health's understanding that the women had been told.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (29 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost over one year of equalising pay amounts for post-2011 entrants to the public service within one year (details supplied). [23611/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (29 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual costs over two years of equalising pay amounts for post-2011 entrants to the public service within one year (details supplied). [23612/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (29 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual costs over two years of equalising pay amounts for post-2011 entrants to the public service within two years (details supplied). [23613/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (29 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual costs over three years of equalising pay amounts for post-2011 entrants to the public service within two years (details supplied). [23614/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland Country Report and Country-Specific Recommendations: European Commission (30 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I also want to touch on the rainy day fund. We are told its creation will allow the Government to address future crises, if and when they happen. The difficulty I have with the rainy day fund is that we have crises that need to addressed right now. I refer to homelessness, the lack of affordable childcare, which Mr. Martínez Mongay pointed out himself, and a skills mismatch, which he...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland Country Report and Country-Specific Recommendations: European Commission (30 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: On expenditure, I am not talking about expenditure in respect of taxes or anything like that. I am talking about investment in capital projects which will stand to us farther down the line as well.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ireland Country Report and Country-Specific Recommendations: European Commission (30 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes, Mr. Martínez Mongay is right.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: This is seeking further information. Basically, we want to know how, when the legislation was being drafted, the confidentiality clauses were included. Who knows about the unclaimed prizes? I presume the regulator knows but is unable to divulge the information as a result of the clauses put in place. I am trying to figure who else knows aside from the regulator. Does somebody in the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is just the regulator.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have no issue with that. I just want to know, apart from the regulator, who knows the figure. How is it checked? Are we just taking the word of the operator that this is the figure or will somebody go through it? There was another €1 million that went unclaimed last week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I do not know if there is a mechanism for the regulator to ensure that €1 million would go back to be spent for the purposes specified under the contract, including promotion of games-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: She could not discuss it because she is bound by a confidentiality agreement. She asked the operator if she could provide the information but it did not allow it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I presume she does.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: She could not even confirm she had it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 May 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The report states they lost in the region of €32,000.